89R4949 KRM-D
By: Tinderholt H.B. No. 3429
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the duty of a public water supply system to provide
certain information to consumers regarding fluoride in drinking
water.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 341, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 341.0335 to read as follows:
Sec. 341.0335. FLUORIDATED WATER; DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN
INFORMATION. (a) A public water supply system that furnishes to
the public for a charge drinking water to which fluoride has been
added shall disclose in a conspicuous place on each customer's
water bill:
(1) the amount of fluoride that occurs naturally in
the drinking water furnished by the system to the customer;
(2) the amount of fluoride added to the drinking water
before distribution to the customer; and
(3) the combined amount of fluoride present in the
drinking water from the sources described by Subdivisions (1) and
(2).
(b) Information disclosed under Subsection (a) must be
accurate for drinking water distributed to a customer not more than
one week before the bill is provided to the customer.
SECTION 2. Section 341.0335, Health and Safety Code, as
added by this Act, applies only to a public water supply system bill
issued for a billing period that begins on or after the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.